My theme for 2020 is Savor. While journaling last November, it dawned on me that I don’t fully enjoy anything. I’m a foodie but I inhale my food. I love hot showers and warm baths but I use an abrasive wash cloth (not just for the rough spots of my feet and elbows but all over). I am generally not fully present to enjoy anything (and I do mean anything) that happens to me. This has always been the case. Last year, I did make gains in this area but I want it to be a focus this year-thus my theme.
Here on the blog, this theme will translate into a recurring blog post that I have entitled Savoring. Here I will feature curated content that I have enjoyed recently and I think that you will enjoy also. I am really excited about these posts. I have wanted to share things from other writers, articles that caused me to pause, pics that made me laugh, etc. Plus, this will help me slow down and notice these things – savor them, to see if I want to share them with you guys. Here goes.
Savoring…
- Anne Bogel gets to preview a lot of books coming out in advance of their release. She reads them and then tells us about them and that, in turn, lets me know whether I might be interested, as well. In this post she discusses nine titles, releasing in the next few months, that she really enjoyed: four of which I can’t wait to get my hands on. Can you guess what they are?
- This photo Mindy Kaling posted on Instagram. I don’t have a chair but I have an ottoman. At least, I fold them – most of the time.
- This ad about offline shopping from Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It’s very old but it made me LOL.
- It appears to me, from my friends and the people that I follow on social media, that no ones’ January is starting off exactly as we envisioned. That being said, I really enjoyed this post from Cori. If you are like the rest of us, read it and “give yourself grace”.
Until next time,
enjoy life…
shannan enjoys life! 
Just wanted to say- I love this. ❤ Looking forward to more of your savoring
Thank you, Amy. I hope you will continue to enjoy them. Thank you for being here.
Love the idea of “savor” – that’s behind my emphasis on slowing down my reading this year – savoring what I read, giving myself time to take it in before rushing to the next book (although Anne’s constant stream of new titles makes it hard to ignore the FOMO sometimes 😉 ).
That chair! I laughed so hard when I saw it in your Insta feed – my son does this, but with a chair, the floor, an overturned box…I forwarded your Insta post to him and said, “Why did I think of you?” He loved it as well. 🙂
Just read Cori’s post and yes, yes, yes, and amen! I am in my 50’s and there was a day last fall that I spent the entire day doing a whole lot of relaxing nothing and it was wonderful – the thing that made it wonderful: I realized it was the first time in my 50-something years that I had spent a day like that with ZERO guilt! I also realized that days like that are good and necessary to keep us sane sometimes. I’ve been trying to encourage my daughters to learn from my mistakes and give themselves space to rest, relax, recharge and have NO guilt about it. We all need to give ourselves more grace – such a needed reminder.
Have a great weekend! Looking forward to your Savor series.
Yes, it is so important to stop. Today was my birthday and I spent the afternoon reading. It was wonderful. Thanks for being here.
I don’t remember seeing that ad last year, so I just now watched and laughed out loud. How easily we can forget what “real life” used to be like! ha.
Yes. It’s hilarious. Thanks for being here.
Thanks for sharing the idea of “Savoring”, love it!
I also really, really, really liked the Bed, Bath and Beyond clip.